African Roots

[FILE IMAGE]: Damaged boat in a lake. 3 minutes Environmental experts have warned of the historical mismanagement of mines that fail to adhere to maintenance regulations enforced by the Department of Mineral Resources. This follows public alarm in Boksburg, where residents say their local lake has turned a rusty red, reportedly due to acid mine…

File Image: Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute Police in the Western Cape are still searching for suspects in the shooting incident at the Mfuleni taxi rank near Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats on Friday. Four people were killed and three others, including a commuter, were wounded. Police officers have since been deployed…

[FILE IMAGE]: Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube speaking during an event. 1 minute Department of Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube will address a European Union delegation tomorrow on the unemployment crisis in South Africa. The Inaugural Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship Education event will take place in Johannesburg, where various stakeholders and investors will hear the…

The weather warning issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) indicates that the province faces a risk of snowfall and hail in areas along the eastern and southern Drakensberg. 3 minutes As temperatures across parts of the country are expected to drop below freezing, people living on the streets of Johannesburg are pleading for…

Petrol nozzle. 3 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Mpumalanga claims that fraud linked to the misuse of petrol cards has negatively affected the delivery of basic services such as water and sanitation in Standerton. The Lekwa Municipality speaker, who is an Economic Freedom Fighters member, Dumisani Msibi, resigned a week ago amid an investigation…

Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis Special Needs School, Kamogelo Baukudi. 2 minutes The police in Free State have confirmed that a 42-year-old police officer has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi. Police say that the teenager was kidnapped on Thursday after he was collected from school by…

[FILE IMAGE]: A person running in the street. 2 minutes A Limpopo athlete, who is running a distance of 448 km from Pretoria to Thohoyandou to highlight the challenges of Gender-based Violence and drug abuse, says he is anticipating that he would qualify for the Olympic Games in Italy in 2026. Twenty-six-year-old Pfano Ungedzani began…

[File image] A man in handcuffs. 1 minute A 38-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly burning down his neighbour’s house at Nhombelani village in Limpopo. The owner of the house was allegedly intervening to separate two people who were involved in a fight when one of them turned on him and burned his house….

File Image: Political parties seen on screen. 3 minutes The process of filling three vacant IEC Commissioner positions is well underway. The deadline for submissions was Friday, the 6th of June, and Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will convene a panel to review the nominations and recommend candidates to the president for appointment. The president appoints…